Movies filmed in the Czech republic

When were we thinking about the topis of this week post, we thought about movies filmed in the Czech Republic and all of us though about the "usual" ones, the most popular ones.

By surfing the net, we found out that the Czech Republic has been the set of many movies of different genres.

For sure, you will know at least 3 of them and could you ever image they were filmed in this beautiful country? And did you know the Barrandov Studios are the biggest in all Europe? Pretty nice, ah?!

Here is the list of some of them and their actors:

- ALIEN vs. PREDATOR - It is a 2004 science fiction film directed by  Production began in late 2003 at Barrandov Studios in Prague, where most of the filming took placePaul W. S. Anderson for 20th Century Fox and starring Sanaa Lathan and Lance Henriksen.


- AMADEUS - It is a 1984 period drama film directed by Miloš Forman - one of the most famous Czech film producer - and written by Peter Shaffer. The film was nominated for 53 awards and received 40, including eight Academy Awards (including Best Picture), four BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globes, and a Directors Guild of America (DGA) award. In 1998, the American Film Institute ranked Amadeus 53rd on its 100 Years... 100 Movies list.



- THE BOURNE IDENTITY -  It  is a 2002 American-German action spy film adaptation of Robert Ludlum's novel of the same name, but filmed in Prague and inother European city like Rome, Zurich, Paris and Mykonos. Star of the movie is Matt Damon.



- CASINO ROYAL - It is the twenty-first film in the Eon Productions James Bond film series and the first to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film was primarily shot at Barrandov Studios in Prague, with additional location shooting in the Bahamas, Italy and the United Kingdom. The shoot concluded at Pinewood Studios.



- THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN - On April 1, 2007, the crew began filming at Barrandov Studios in Prague. There, sets such as Miraz's castle, Aslan's How and the underground hiding places of the Narnians were created. The 200-foot-tall (61 m) castle was built to scale because Adamson felt he overused digital sets on the last film.
Part of the battle in the movie was shot at Ústí nad Labem in the Czech Republic. The filmmakers dug a large hole in the ground for the scene where the Narnians cause the pillars supporting the growth near Aslan's How to collapse on the Telmarines. The earth was then restored following completion of the scene. They also had to restore the grass after filming numerous cavalry charges. 18,000 fern plants were imported to the Czech Republic to create a forest.

- THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
This episode was filmed as well in aprti in the Czech Republic, in details in Prague and in the national park Ceske Svycarsko - Czech Switzerland see here the Pavcicka gate stone.



- HOSTEL - It is a 2005 American horror film written, produced and directed by Eli Roth and starring Jay Hernandez. The movies was filmed for some parts in Barrandov Studios, as well as in Cesky Krumlov. Many scenes wqere filmed in Slovakia, where the reactions were really stron once the film was released. Slovak and Czechs officials were disgusted by the film's portrayal of their country as an undeveloped, poor and uncultured land suffering from high criminality, war and prostitution.

- MISSION IMPOSSIBLE - It is a 1996 American spy film directed by Brian De Palma and starring Tom Cruise. It was the same De Palma to convince Cruise to set the first act of the film in Prague, a city rarely seen in Hollywood films at the time.

- MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL - It was filmed in part in Prague.


- XXX - It is a 2002 American action film directed by Rob Cohen and starring Vin Diesel as Xander Cage, a thrill seeking extreme sports enthusiast, stuntman and rebellious extreme sport athlete-turned-reluctant spy for the National Security Agency who is sent on a dangerous mission to infiltrate a group of potential terrorists in Central Europe. xXx also stars Asia Argento and Marton Csokas.
In the summer of 2001, Sony put a large billboard of "xXx" in Hollywood, before a script had been written.
Filming took place at three locations. Most of the film is set in Prague. The Corvette jump was filmed at the Foresthill Bridge in Auburn State Recreation Area, Auburn, California. The final scenes were set in Bora Bora, Tahiti, and other areas in French Polynesia.
The first few minutes of the film take place in a Rammstein concert in Prague. The same clip is available, but from the band's perspective (with only brief scenes from the film) in their video compilation Lichtspielhaus.
Several Czech Su-22s were used for the film. It was one of the last "actions" of these aircraft - they were all withdrawn from Czech Air Force in 2002.
Stunt player Harry O'Connor, Diesel's stunt double, was killed when he hit a pillar of the Palacky Bridge in Prague, para-sailing during one of the actions scenes. The accident occurred while filming the second take of the stunt; O'Connor's first attempt was completed without incident and can be seen in the completed film


Anyone importan missing? Give us your opinion and of course if we missed some relevant movies, add them in the comment! Which is your favourite?

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